EP 1863099 A3 20121128 - Metamorphic layers in multijunction solar cells
Title (en)
Metamorphic layers in multijunction solar cells
Title (de)
Metamorphe Schichten in Solarzellen mit mehreren Übergängen
Title (fr)
Couches métamorphiques pour cellules solaires à multijonctions
Publication
Application
Priority
US 44579306 A 20060602
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP1863099A2] A method of forming a multijunction solar cell comprising an upper subcell, a middle subcell, and a lower subcell comprising providing first substrate for the epitaxial growth of semiconductor material; forming a first solar subcell on said substrate having a first band gap; forming a second solar subcell over said first subcell having a second band gap smaller than said first band gap; and forming a grading interlayer over said second subcell having a third band gap larger than said second band gap forming a third solar subcell having a fourth band gap smaller than said second band gap such that said third subcell is lattice mis-matched with respect to said second subcell.
IPC 8 full level
H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/0304 (2006.01); H01L 31/0687 (2012.01); H01L 31/0693 (2012.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
H01L 31/03046 (2013.01 - EP US); H01L 31/06 (2013.01 - US); H01L 31/06875 (2013.01 - EP US); H01L 31/0693 (2013.01 - EP US); H01L 31/184 (2013.01 - US); H01L 31/1844 (2013.01 - EP US); Y02E 10/544 (2013.01 - EP US); Y02E 10/548 (2013.01 - EP); Y02P 70/50 (2015.11 - EP)
Citation (search report)
- [XDI] US 2004166681 A1 20040826 - ILES PETER A [US], et al
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- [XDI] WANLASS M W ET AL: "Lattice-mismatched approaches for high-performance, III-V photovoltaic energy converters", CONFERENCE RECORD OF THE THIRTY-FIRST IEEE PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALIST CONFERENCE (IEEE CAT. NO. 05CH37608) IEEE PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA,, 3 January 2005 (2005-01-03), pages 530 - 535, XP010822764, ISBN: 978-0-7803-8707-2, DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2005.1488186
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Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
AL BA HR MK RS
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 1863099 A2 20071205; EP 1863099 A3 20121128; EP 1863099 B1 20150211; CN 101083290 A 20071205; CN 101083290 B 20110907; JP 2007324563 A 20071213; JP 2011071548 A 20110407; JP 5106880 B2 20121226; JP 5996161 B2 20160921; US 10026860 B2 20180717; US 10553740 B2 20200204; US 11211509 B2 20211228; US 11677037 B2 20230613; US 2007277873 A1 20071206; US 2010229932 A1 20100916; US 2013312818 A1 20131128; US 2018248066 A1 20180830; US 2020091364 A1 20200319; US 2021193858 A1 20210624; US 8536445 B2 20130917; US 8536446 B2 20130917
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 06024750 A 20061129; CN 200610170015 A 20061222; JP 2007041930 A 20070222; JP 2010280287 A 20101216; US 201313956122 A 20130731; US 201815965219 A 20180427; US 201916688745 A 20191119; US 202117169223 A 20210205; US 44579306 A 20060602; US 75839010 A 20100412